USA Baseball today finalized the 36-man roster for the 2021 12U National Team Trials with the selection of 12 athletes from the 2021 National Team Identification Series (NTIS) Champions Cup. The selected players will compete in Flower Mound, Texas, from November 8-11, for 18 spots on the final 12U National Team.

Six USA Baseball alumni were selected in the first round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft on Sunday night, including second overall pick Jack Leiter. USA Baseball has now had 530 total athletes drafted in the first round since 1972.

USA Baseball today named the coaching staff for the 2021 12U National Team highlighted by the naming of three-time 12U National Team assistant coach R.J. Farrell as manager. Farrell is joined on the 2021 staff by pitching coach Seth Kenny and assistant coaches Erik Johnson and Tanner Vesely.